Career Key Houston
Houston Independent School District
Approved by College and Career Readiness Materials RFP #21-06-05-B
Full LMS Integration, SSO
Short, structured CCR activities and assessments for personalized advising
Houston teachers and counselors can use Career Key’s college and career readiness (CCR) activities to help all students discover and plan for best “fit” careers and education programs where they will thrive.
Created by a counselor educator, our solutions enrich and expand the work 8th to 12th grade students are doing in AVID, Gear Up, TRIO, and CTE as they plan their education paths.
Career Key Houston Texas is exclusive to Career Key’s hosted platform.
What our partners say
Students really took to the assessment. They felt that the assessments were pretty accurate, encouraging them to want to investigate more into their interests and goals…
Although students don’t make endorsements until ninth grade, Career Key has helped our students proactively plan their high school choices.
Now every eighth grader has a basis for their endorsement choice going into ninth grade.
— Ray Weaver, Senior Manager for College Readiness, Houston ISD
Career Key is our favorite tool! The Career Decision Profile gives us the opportunity to show students the value of knowing their own strengths, identifying barriers that may hold them back, and reflecting about their career choices.
— Associate Director of Student Services, top 20 undergraduate business school
Of all the assessments I have tested, Career Key Discovery is the only one I’ve found to link the results to courses and occupations of interest effectively. It is a key step in the process for people who are searching for the best career path forward.
— Anna Black, Strategic Career Planning
Introduce middle grade students quickly to the world of careers, CTE and career clusters
Connect high school course planning directly to students’ career choices.
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In just 1 or 2 class periods, students take a short 10-minute assessment, Career Key Discovery, based on Holland’s Theory and explore “Thriving” and “Promising” careers, localized clusters, and CTE programs that fit their personality, interests and values. Students can then choose high school classes that best prepare them for successful postsecondary transitions.
For many students, the Career Key experience will be the first time they’ve ever had the opportunity to seriously consider their future. Their assessment results can serve as a launching pad for completing learning plans and meaningful conversations with their families and friends.
Support high school students as they focus on building college and career plans
Unlock focused career discovery and real decision-making action.
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Students gain life- and career-changing insights about their personality, interests, skills and values—and then use this information to identify best-fit career options and postsecondary programs where they will thrive. The options displayed in the short 10-minute, Career Key Discovery career interest inventory, are based on the scientifically valid Holland’s Theory of Career Choice and can be localized to fit your needs.
Research shows that a close fit between a student’s Holland personality types and postsecondary education program can:
- Predict higher grades
- Impact persistence in a program
- Support on-time college graduation rates
Career Key Central dashboard
Track student progress. Gain insights. Measure your program impact.
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Career Key Central gives educators, counselors and administrators a central hub for communicating with students as they move through Career Key Discovery. Educators can send students reminders for a deeper dive and encouragement to support their choices and decisions that lead to accomplishing their academic and career goals.
The dashboard makes it fast and easy to upload student rosters and export rosters to other systems. Educators can search student data by several criteria, including:
- Students’ interest in specific career clusters
- Personality types to deliver individualized and group communications
The dashboard also makes it simple to keep students informed about upcoming career events, college fairs and resources within the Career Key ecosystem that are particularly valuable for them.
Career Key Central also functions as a ready-reference collection for resources, including set-up and management tutorials, tips for helping students use their Career Key profiles and make smart strategic next-step decisions.
INCLUDED in CAREER KEY HOUSTON
Get to know your high school students better, faster with the Career Decision Profile
Advisors helping students make postsecondary education plans say this 5-minute snapshot of career decision readiness identifies,
which students need the most help
what they need to make progress in decision making
any barriers a student faces that prevent them from moving forward
Resources for K-12 Education
Learn more about Holland’s Theory of Career Choice, matching Holland personality types to career options, skills identification and more. Check out the growing Career Key collection of advertising and registration-free resources. You are free to link to any of these articles in your classroom activities.
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